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Samochód Pancerny wzór 29 ("armoured
car year 1929 model"), commonly known as Ursus or CWS, was a
Polish interwar heavy armored car. A handful of these vehicles saw combat
during the Polish-German War of 1939.
The car was designed in 1929 by Rudolf Gundlach.
The vehicle was based on the chassis of the Ursus A 2-ton truck (Italian S.P.A.
25C modified by Ursus Mechanical Works in Warsaw), the armored body was built
by CWS, Warsaw. The initial armament consisted of the French 37 mm
low-velocity gun in the turret front, 7.92 mm machine guns in the turret
left-rear and right-rear at 120 degrees to the gun (all operated by the
commander), and another 7.92 mm MG in the hull rear (operated by the rear
gunner). Although this arrangement helped to achieve good balance of the
turret, it was awkward to use. In the mid-1930s the right turret machine gun
was removed. The car carried 96 rounds for the main gun and 4032 MG rounds in
16 252-round belts.
The vehicle was sufficiently armed and armored
for late 1920s, but was underpowered, lacked all-wheel drive (which led to poor
off-road mobility) and had high silhouette. Because of these shortcomings, only
between 10 and 13 cars were built.
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